Is there any PowerShell or other script way to grant a user “Restricted View” permission on folders and files in a SharePoint Online document library?

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Hi there
Is there any PowerShell or other script way to grant a user “Restricted View” permission on folders and files in a SharePoint Online document library?
Thanks.

Answer 1

Hi @frob ， After my testing and research, you can manually grant a user "Restricted View" permission in the sharepoint interface. But you cannot use PnP PowerShell to directly grant users "Restricted View" permissions to folders and files in a SharePoint Online document library. Because the "Restricted View" permission is a hidden permission level as shown below(Not displayed by default in the Permission level). But you can do that by adding the " Restricted View " permission level (location in the picture above) and then using powershell. There are steps:

1. Library setting-> permission for this document library -> Add " Restricted View " permission level.(You need to Select the permissions to include in this permission level yourself.) 2.Use the following PnP powershell code: $SiteURL = "https://xxxxxxxx" $DocumentName ="xxxx" $UserID="xxx@X .com" #Connect to PnP Online Connect-PnPOnline -Url $SiteURL -Credentials (Get-Credential) #Break Permission Inheritance of the List Set-PnPList -Identity $DocumentName -BreakRoleInheritance -CopyRoleAssignments #Grant permission on List to User Set-PnPListPermission -Identity $DocumentName -AddRole " Restricted View " -User $UserID

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